North Carolina Personalized Assessment Tool Purpose and Overview The North Carolina Personalized Assessment Tool is a system of through-course assessment opportunities aimed towards a balanced assessment system that will provide granular data for immediate feedback about students’ performance throughout the year. The system is currently being developed as a pilot under the U.S Department of Education’s Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority (IADA). The current design purposes of North Carolina Personalized Assessment Tool are: To provide educators, students, and stakeholders with immediate and detailed feedback on grade level specific content standards so classroom instruction may be tailored to individual student’s needs; To provide a progress indicator for each interim on individual student’s performance in relation to overall grade level performance expectation (anticipated availability in the 2022–23 school year for Grades 4 and 7 in Reading and Mathematics); and To serve as a reliable indicator to determine appropriate staged adaptive summative assessment that will provide an academic achievement level for students and for the statewide accountability model. Transition from NC Check-Ins to NC Check-Ins 2.0 Grade/Subject 2022–23 2023–24 Grade 3 Reading and Mathematics NC Check-In NC Check-In 2.0 Grade 4 Reading and Mathematics NC Check-In 2.0 NC Check-In 2.0 Grade 5 Reading and Mathematics NC Check-In 2.0 NC Check-In 2.0 Grade 6 Reading and Mathematics NC Check-In NC Check-In 2.0 Grade 7 Reading and Mathematics NC Check-In 2.0 NC Check-In 2.0 Grade 8 Reading and Mathematics NC Check-In 2.0 NC Check-In 2.0 Grade 5 and 8 Science NC Check-In NC Check-In English II NC Check-In NC Check-In Biology NC Check-In NC Check-In NC Math 1 and NC Math 3 NC Check-In NC Check-In Resources NC Interim Specifications (2021-22) IADA Mathematics Grades 4 and 7 Specifications IADA Reading Grades 4 and 7 Specifications NC Check-Ins 2.0 Specifications (2022–23) NC Check-Ins 2.0 Mathematics at Grades 3–8 NC Check-Ins 2.0 Reading at Grades 3–8 Development Timeline Interim Resource and Flexible Summative Availability by Year Participation 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 Pilot Schools Grades 4 and 7 NC Interim Resource EOGs Grades 3, 5, 6, and 8 NC Check-Ins EOGs Grades 4 and 7 NC Interim Resource Flexible Summative Grades 5 and 8 NC Interim Resource EOGs Grades 3 and 6 NC Check-Ins EOGs Grades 4, 5, 7 and 8 NC Interim Resource Flexible Summative Grades 3, and 6 NC Interim Resource To Be Determined NC Interims Individual Student Reports NC Interims Mathematics at Grades 4 and 7 Individual Student Report Sample Muestra Informe Estudiantil Individual de Carolina del Norte Grado 4 y 7 Matemáticas Evaluación Interina NC Interims Reading at Grades 4 and 7 Individual Student Report Sample Muestra Informe Estudiantil Individual de Carolina del Norte Grado 4 Lectura Evaluación Interina NC Check-Ins 2.0 FAQ and Recruitment Recording NC Check-Ins 2.0 FAQ Spring 2022 Recruitment Recording
North Carolina Personalized Assessment Tool Purpose and Overview The North Carolina Personalized Assessment Tool is a system of through-course assessment opportunities aimed towards a balanced assessment system that will provide granular data for immediate feedback about students’ performance throughout the year. The system is currently being developed as a pilot under the U.S Department of Education’s Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority (IADA). The current design purposes of North Carolina Personalized Assessment Tool are: To provide educators, students, and stakeholders with immediate and detailed feedback on grade level specific content standards so classroom instruction may be tailored to individual student’s needs; To provide a progress indicator for each interim on individual student’s performance in relation to overall grade level performance expectation (anticipated availability in the 2022–23 school year for Grades 4 and 7 in Reading and Mathematics); and To serve as a reliable indicator to determine appropriate staged adaptive summative assessment that will provide an academic achievement level for students and for the statewide accountability model. Transition from NC Check-Ins to NC Check-Ins 2.0 Grade/Subject 2022–23 2023–24 Grade 3 Reading and Mathematics NC Check-In NC Check-In 2.0 Grade 4 Reading and Mathematics NC Check-In 2.0 NC Check-In 2.0 Grade 5 Reading and Mathematics NC Check-In 2.0 NC Check-In 2.0 Grade 6 Reading and Mathematics NC Check-In NC Check-In 2.0 Grade 7 Reading and Mathematics NC Check-In 2.0 NC Check-In 2.0 Grade 8 Reading and Mathematics NC Check-In 2.0 NC Check-In 2.0 Grade 5 and 8 Science NC Check-In NC Check-In English II NC Check-In NC Check-In Biology NC Check-In NC Check-In NC Math 1 and NC Math 3 NC Check-In NC Check-In Resources NC Interim Specifications (2021-22) IADA Mathematics Grades 4 and 7 Specifications IADA Reading Grades 4 and 7 Specifications NC Check-Ins 2.0 Specifications (2022–23) NC Check-Ins 2.0 Mathematics at Grades 3–8 NC Check-Ins 2.0 Reading at Grades 3–8 Development Timeline Interim Resource and Flexible Summative Availability by Year Participation 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 Pilot Schools Grades 4 and 7 NC Interim Resource EOGs Grades 3, 5, 6, and 8 NC Check-Ins EOGs Grades 4 and 7 NC Interim Resource Flexible Summative Grades 5 and 8 NC Interim Resource EOGs Grades 3 and 6 NC Check-Ins EOGs Grades 4, 5, 7 and 8 NC Interim Resource Flexible Summative Grades 3, and 6 NC Interim Resource To Be Determined NC Interims Individual Student Reports NC Interims Mathematics at Grades 4 and 7 Individual Student Report Sample Muestra Informe Estudiantil Individual de Carolina del Norte Grado 4 y 7 Matemáticas Evaluación Interina NC Interims Reading at Grades 4 and 7 Individual Student Report Sample Muestra Informe Estudiantil Individual de Carolina del Norte Grado 4 Lectura Evaluación Interina NC Check-Ins 2.0 FAQ and Recruitment Recording NC Check-Ins 2.0 FAQ Spring 2022 Recruitment Recording